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AI Systems

An AI system is a machine-based system designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may adapt after deployment. It infers from its inputs how to generate outputs—such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions—that can influence physical or virtual environments. Under the EU AI Act, the term covers a broad range of AI technologies and applications.

California’s AI Auditors and Independent Verifiers: Regulating the Institutions Behind AI Compliance

California’s AI Auditors and Independent Verifiers: Regulating the Institutions Behind AI Compliance

Who audits the AI auditors? California pairs mandatory auditor registration with optional independent-verifier designation to strengthen expertise, independence, and accountability.

California’s AI Transparency Act (CATA): Building Provenance Into AI-Generated Content

California’s AI Transparency Act (CATA): Building Provenance Into AI-Generated Content

California’s AI Transparency Act goes beyond AI labels, creating a provenance framework spanning GenAI providers, disclosure verification tools, hosting and online platforms, and capture devices to help establish, preserve, and verify the origin and history of digital content.

California’s Adam’s Law: Building Child Safety Into AI Companion Chatbots

California’s Adam’s Law: Building Child Safety Into AI Companion Chatbots

California’s Adam’s Law regulates AI companion chatbots used by children, requiring age assurance, risk assessments, protective defaults, parental controls, crisis protocols, limits on relational behaviors, data and advertising restrictions, usability testing, and independent audits.

What Is an AI System Under the EU AI Act—and How Is It Classified?

What Is an AI System Under the EU AI Act—and How Is It Classified?

What counts as an AI system under the EU AI Act? Explore Article 3’s broad, technology-neutral definition, the key concepts of autonomy and inference, the distinction between AI systems and GPAI models, and how systems are classified under the Act’s risk-based framework.

General-Purpose AI Models Under the EU AI Act: Classification, Obligations, and Systemic Risk

General-Purpose AI Models Under the EU AI Act: Classification, Obligations, and Systemic Risk

The EU AI Act regulates general-purpose AI at the model level. This article explains GPAI classification, provider obligations, open-source accommodations, downstream responsibilities, and the additional requirements for models that present systemic risk.

California’s AI Voice Disclosure Rule: When Robocalls Must Tell You the Voice Is Artificial

California’s AI Voice Disclosure Rule: When Robocalls Must Tell You the Voice Is Artificial

California now requires disclosure when certain automated calls use AI-generated or significantly AI-altered voices. AB 2905 adds the rule to existing robocall law, requiring an upfront natural-voice announcement before the prerecorded message plays.

California’s AI Liability Rule: Why “The AI Did It” Is No Longer a Defense

California’s AI Liability Rule: Why “The AI Did It” Is No Longer a Defense

California Civil Code § 1714.46 establishes a simple rule for AI liability: defendants cannot escape responsibility by arguing that AI acted autonomously. The law preserves traditional defenses while making clear that “the AI did it” is not one of them.